public opinion

Three things Obama got right in his climate speech

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By now President Obama’s climate speech at Georgetown University has been thoroughly dissected — even vivisected if you count live blogging and tweeting — by pundits, wonks, and other interested parties. But since you can never, ever have too many… Continue Reading →

We Are the 99%: Models of Public Opinion that Explain the Occupy Wall Street Movement

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Ever since the financial crisis hit the U.S. in late 2008, many political commentators (mostly on the Left) have wondered why public opinion hadn’t mobilized behind Wall Street reform in the U.S. as strongly and visibly as in other nations.… Continue Reading →